Snow and tragedy mark Frederick County Christmas
A Stephens City woman, Nancy Lee Carter, 20, was killed Christmas Eve when struck by two cars on Route 11 near Winchester. Fire damaged two Frederick County homes, John Cooper near Mt. Falls and Earl Feathers west of Middletown, as snowpacked roads prompted renewed caution.
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Stephens City
Frederick County
Nancy Lee Carter
Rt. 11
Winchester
John Cooper
Mt. Falls
Earl Feathers
Middletown
Local residents report winter bloom and holiday light displays
Mrs Anna Baughman of Sun nyside notes a bird of paradise bloom with orange and blue colors, the second bloom reported this winter. Mr F W Marple of Rt 1 Winchester says his house is decorated with 1200 to 1500 lights on the Front Royal road.
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Anna Baughman
Sunnyside
F. W. Marple
Winchester
Cold Wave Sends Midwest Temperatures to Record Lows
A severe cold wave blankets the Midwest with temperatures plunging to zero or below in at least 15 states. Milwaukee's -14 breaks an 83 year date record, Madison hits -22 the lowest in 78 years, and other cities report subzero readings. Snow and ice complicate travel from Texas to Ohio while Atlanta suffers dense fog and power outages from ice.
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Midwest
Western Mountains
Great Lakes Region
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
Green Bay
Craig
Eagle
Colo
Hibb
Emmetsburg
Iowa
Wausau
Des Moines
North Platte
Neb
Bismarck
N.D
Helena
Mont
Rockford Nl
Chicago
Kansas City
Sault Ste Marie Mich
Oklahoma
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Great Lakes
Ohio River
Buffalo N.Y
Atlanta
Toccoa
Gainesville
Cornelia
West Texas
Texas Panhandle
Tennessee
Woman Dies In Fire At Waynesboro
A two story building fire in Waynesboro Shenandoah Valley early today killed one woman identified as Mrs Mary Dodd. Sixteen others escaped while firemen battled the blaze for six hours and prevented flames from reaching a downtown paint store causing about fifty thousand dollars in damage. An autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death.
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Waynesboro
Shenandoah Valley
Mary Dodd
Wayne Avenue
K. M. Frost
Charles Spencer
Spencer
Local Ads Promote Seasonal Sales And Auctions
Continued on page 16 with notices for sale events at Grove Furniture Co and Denny's Auction tonight at 7. Ads highlight furniture, appliances, tools and a Thursday fish fry. Also promotes seasonal merchandise sale at The Gift & Craft Shop and specials at Howard Johnsons and George Washington Hotel.
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Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun St
Winchester
Denny’s
Howard Johnsons
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Park & Shop
Bad Weather Delays Parley On Tax Policy
President Kennedy postpones a Washington tax talk as fog and snow delay a jet bringing top officials to Palm Beach. The meeting includes Douglas Dillon and others to shape a 1963 tax cut plan while Congress debates deficit fears and political strategy.
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Palm Beach
Fila
Kennedy
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
New York
Congress
Lawrence F. O’brien
Kermit Gordon
Budget Bureau
Theodore C. Sorenson
Pickets Return To Piers In Nationwide Longshore Strike
In New York and across the coast longshoremen walkout continues after a holiday lull. About 60 000 workers halt operations, blocking ships from Searsport Maine to Brownsville Texas while the Liberian freighter Glenview sits idle with three million pounds of potatoes at risk. The National Maritime Union backs the strike claiming full effectiveness.
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New York
International Longshoremen’s Association
Maine
Texas
Glenview
Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
Searsport
Brownsville
Tex
National Maritime Union
Russians Fire New Spy Charge at US
In Moscow the Soviet Union again accused the U S Embassy of espionage and demanded an end to spying. U S Ambassador Kohler rejected the charge as unfounded and cited an anti American campaign in Soviet media. Three American officials remain in Moscow while one was expelled and another sent home.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Kohler
Oleg Penkovsky
United States
Greville Wynne
Hungary
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Air Force
Alexis Davison
Atlanta
Robert German
Dallas
Tex
Hugh Montgomery
Springfield
Mass
M. N. Smirnovsky
Foreign Ministry
Richard Funkhouser
Traffic Death Toll From Holiday Weekend Rises
The Associated Press reports 626 traffic deaths during a 102 hour Christmas weekend, with 813 total deaths from traffic, fires and other accidents. Weather slowed travel but millions remained on highways, with a 160 traffic fatalities in the final 24 hours.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Byrd Leaves Hospital for Christmas Dinner at Friend’s Home
Virginia's senior senator U S Byrd left Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore for several hours to attend a Christmas dinner at a friend's home. His son Harry F Byrd Jr said the senator is progressing well after a cold contracted last month in Eastern Europe and is undergoing a thorough check up.
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Harry F. Byrd, Jr
U. S
Byrd
Senator Byrd
Virginia Records 20 Road Deaths During Holiday Period
Virginia reported 20 highway fatalities during a 102 hour Christmas period ending midnight yesterday. A separate fire killed three from smoke in a northern Virginia residence. Lexie Juanita Johnson, 42, of Bayside, died in Norfolk from a non collision crash. Essie Powers, 84, of Pennington Gap died in hospital after a crash on Alternate U.S. 58. Charles Johnson was the driver. the fatal crash involved an unknown vehicle forcing their car off the road. E. E. Parsons remained in critical condition.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
Lexie Juanita Johnson
Bayside
Norfolk
Azalea Garden Road
Charles Johnson
Johnson
Essie Powers
Pennington Gap
U. S. 58
Lee County
E. E. Parsons
Hundreds of Cubans sail for home amid prisoner release talks
Havana reports hundreds of Russians and Cuban relatives boarding the Admiral Najimov for potential departure from Cuba. Some 1,000 relatives of freed Cuban invasion prisoners prepare to start new lives in the United States as talks on amnesty for foreigners in Cuban jails continue.
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Miami
Havana
Cuba
United States
Fidel Castro
Admiral Nasimov
Berlin
Admiral Najimov
Castro
Berta Barreto de Los Heros
Prisoners Families Committee
Emil Stadelhofer
Soviet Dismissals Shake Kazakhstan Leadership
Moscow reports dismissals of agricultural expert Nikolai Ignatov, a deputy premier, and top Kazakhstan party leaders Dinmukhamed Kunayev and N. Radionov. Ignatov was removed from the presidium earlier, with Izvestia citing failures in harvest and party shortcomings as the cause.
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Moscow
Soviets
Nikolai G. Inatov
Soviet Union
Communist Party of the
Kazakhstan Virgin Lands
Tass
Ignatov
Communist Party
Izvestia
Kazakhstan
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Dillon
Hobe Sound, Fla
Mansfield
Senate
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Montana
Walter Heller
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